Paul Burton is the Northeast Regional Editor for The Bond Buyer. His major coverage has included New York City and MTA finances; the Harrisburg, Pa., debt crisis; the 38 Studios bond financing fiasco in Rhode Island; and unfunded pension liability. Paul hosts podcasts and videos and has moderated at Bond Buyer conferences. Previously, Paul was senior editor and copy chief at M&A-oriented financial media company The Deal LLC. His award-winning career has spanned financial, sports and political journalism. A Boston native, Paul is the author of the book “Tales from the Newsrooms.” He is a frequent public speaker and has appeared as an expert on municipal debt on radio and television shows, including former CBS News White House correspondent Sharyl Attkisson’s public-affairs program, “Full Measure.”
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New York's MTA delayed holding a vote on a pre-agreement for a 99-year lease of its former midtown Manhattan headquarters to Mort Zuckerman's Boston Properties.
February 25 - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Governor Wolf has a treatable form of prostate cancer, he announced Feb. 24.
February 24 -
The full board of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved an additional $66 million to accelerate construction of the long-delayed Second Avenue subway line.
February 24 - Rhode Island
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo named Providence Equity Partners executive Robert S. Hull to lead the Department of Revenue, pending state Senate approval.
February 23 -
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority paid out an estimated $236 million in net swap interest the past 15 years, said a Pioneer Institute report.
February 23 -
New York's MTA will continue to sell transportation revenue bonds with a green label as long as investor demand warrants, a finance official said.
February 22 -
PennsylvaniaActivist Barry Shutt, looking for a wakeup call, intends to display his new Pennsylvania pension debt clock at the state capitol complex in Harrisburg.
February 22 - Pennsylvania
Moody's downgrades three struggling Pennsylvania school districts and withdraws their enhanced ratings based on pre-default intercept programs.
February 19 -
New YorkA nonprofit land bank could help New York City develop affordable housing units on 1,100 vacant properties, said city Comptroller Scott Stringer.
February 19 - New York
The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority intends to issue $535 million of refunding bonds in two upcoming sales.
February 16 -
Rhode Island Gov, Gina Raimondo signs a sweeping $500 million bridge-and-road improvement bill that includes a controversial tolls for large trucks.
February 12 - Rhode Island
Rhode Island received 27 applications for an initial $25 million in Efficient Building Fund financing, says state General Treasurer Seth Magaziner.
February 11 -
Next weeks planned $500 million green-bond issuance by New York MTA is significant on several fronts, said a capital markets climate change expert.
February 11 -
President Obamas proposed fiscal 2017 budget includes $84 million for improvements on New York MTAs Canarsie Line, said, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.
February 10 - New York
New York Citys outyear budget gaps are greater than the estimates from Mayor Bill de Blasios budget team, according to an analysis by city Comptroller Scott Stringer.
February 10 -
Patrick McCoy, the finance director New Yorks Metropolitan Transportation Authority, was elected president of the Government Finance Officers Association.
February 9 -
PennsylvaniaA grim Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf urged lawmakers to plug a $2 billion budget deficit that he said has bond rating agencies poised for more downgrades.
February 9 -
New Britain, Conn.'s bond rating has soared, thanks to a turnaround led by twentysomething Mayor Erin Stewart.
February 9 -
PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf will release his fiscal 2017 budget with the current one still unfinished and amid a Moody's warning about escalating pension costs.
February 8 - New York
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is pitching a 17-mile surface streetcar to run north-south through parts of Brooklyn and Queens and parallel to the East River.
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